Match-box holder.



G E. WIRTH.

MATCH BOX HOLDER; nrmouron Hum. JULY 9, 1910.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. VFIRTH, OF WATERBUBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE PLUIVIE &

ATWOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

PORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

0F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A COR- MATCH-BOX HOLDER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. VIRTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven one picce,a holder adapted to be set upon a. table or mantel, or other support of fixed character.

My invention relates to improvements in the same in regard to the manner of holding the match box.

Various articles for this purpose have heretofore been devised, each with its individuality of construction, and the device of my invention is an improvement upon the same.

in carrying out my invention, I make the tray with a central rising conical member spun up complete from a sheet metal blank. The rising conical member is atthe center of the tray'and I cut this member across by parallel spaced grooves and then across at right angles to divide the center into two arms which are bent into upright positions with the ends turned toward one another.

The outer shell or cover of the match box fits over the arms and into the grooves between the same and the parts of the conical member, which latter come outside of the shell or cover.

The match tray is passed inside of the shell. and rests in an upright position upon the in-turned ends of the arms where the matches are accessible.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan of the match box holder of my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same at about the dotted line w, 02, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section at right angles to the cross section Fig. 2, and at about the dotted line 3 y, of Fig. 1, showing the central portion of the holder, and Fig. 4 is a plan at about the central portion of the holder showing the condition of the central portion prior to turning up and finishing the construction of the arms. In Fig. 2 I have also shown the match box in position.

a represents the tray of my improved match box holder formed from a sheet metal blank spun up to shape as a unit or integral Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 9, 1910.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 571,125.

structure and having at'the center a rising conical member I). This conical member is out across to form the channels 2 3 by a suitable tool, and the central portion of the intervening metal is cut across at right angles and at the center by the line shown in Fig. 4. Thus two arms a c are formed. These are then up-turned as shown in the other figures of the drawing and similarly and preferably are each provided with a groove 4: to stiffen and strengthen the arms in their upright position, and the free ends of these arms are then appreciably overturned. I

d represents the shell or cover of the match box; d the match holding tray.

In Fig. 2 the position of the shell or cover 03 is illustrated in which the ends are passed over the arms 0 c and the sides are passed between the edges of the arms and the upright faces of the rising conical member I) which has been cut across to form the arms so that the ends of the shell or cover fit down over the arms and within the parts of the rising conical member and the bottom of the channels or grooves 2 3.

The match holding tray (Z is placed Within the shell or cover (Z and rests upon the over-turned ends of the arms as illustrated in. Fig. 2, and is so supported for use; the matches being accessible because about one half of the length thereof are exposed above the upper end of the shell or cover cl.

The match box holder of my invention is exceedingly simple and inexpensive to make and as the same is a unitary or integral piece of metal the expense of manufacturing is reduced to a minimum.

I claim as my invention:

1. A match box holder comprising a tray, a central rising conical member spun up from one piece of sheet metal, arms formed from the conical member by cutting out portions of the metal to form parallel channels across the same equally spaced apart, and the center divided across and said arms turned up into an upright position with their free ends turned over.

2. A match box holder comprising a tray, a central rising conical member spun up from one piece of sheet metal, arms formed from the conical member by cuttin out portions of the metal to form paralle channels across the same equally spaced apart, and

the Center divided across and said arms turned up into an upright position with their free ends turned over, and Vertical overturned and the edges of the arms sepa= rated from the edges of the rising central portion a distance sn'lfic'ient to receive begrooves placed about the center of said arms tween them the shell or cover of a match 5 for stiflening' and strengthening the same. box in an upright position. 1

3. A match box holder comprising a con- Signed by me this 80th day of June 1910. cave tray and rising convex central portions, 1 CHAS. E. VVIRTH. spaced apart arms formed integral With the Witnesses: tray and from the central ortion and bent A. J. STORZ,

0 into an upright position, with the free ends C. W. N ORTI-IROP. 

